A "George Washington" Legion never existed, although fake post-war insignia has been produced, the unit was pure fantasy. Only a small number of US citizens served in the Waffen-SS.


   SS-Untersturmführer Martin Monti

   Monti went absent without leave in Karachi October 1944, travelled to Naples- through Cairo and Tripoli. Stole a Photo Reconnaissance version of the P-38, and defected to the Germans in Milan. Worked for a propaganda broadcasting unit before joining the Waffen-SS. He surrendered to U.S. forces in Italy at the end of the war, still in full Waffen-SS uniform.

   He served hard labour, and rejoined the U.S. Air Corps being discharged in 1948. picked up by the FBI, he served a further jail sentence for treason. Monti was paroled in 1960.

   SS-Hauptsturmführer Peter Delaney

   Delaney served on the eastern front with the "LVF", French volunteers serving with the Wehrmacht, before transfering to the Waffen-SS, he later recruited Monti. Delaney was killed in February 1945.

   "Das Reich" SS-Panzer Division

   Several first generation Americans (from the Baltic States) volunteered to join the 2. Aufklärungsabteilung during the Ardennes offensive December 1944. They were employed carrying food and ammo to the frontline. Source: SS-Grenadier Werner Kinnett.

Martin James Monti  (New York Times Jan.18th 1949)	Peter Delaney            (Charles Martel publications)

A "post-war" bogus unit, inspired by the British Free Corps? Some people believe that the "G.W.Legion" really existed! Source: Ed Dyer.